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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






2. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






3. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






4. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






5. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






6. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






7. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






8. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






9. Sources of fats






10. What function is vitamin D?






11. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






12. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






13. How many calories/gram is protein?






14. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






15. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






16. What are healthy sources of fats?






17. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






18. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






19. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






20. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






21. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






22. What function is vitamin A?






23. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






24. Fats can lead to some medical problems






25. What does DASH stand for?






26. When does BMR decrease?






27. When does BMR increase?






28. Name six sources of grains






29. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






30. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






31. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






32. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






33. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






34. What foods have high quality protein?






35. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






36. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






37. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






38. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






39. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






40. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






41. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






42. What is the function of vitamin E?






43. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






44. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






45. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






46. Where can you get more vitamin D?






47. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






48. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






49. What is normal albumin levels?






50. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?